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2 Drive better decisions and streamline the close-to-disclose process Drive better decisions and streamline the close-to-disclose process CFOs and financial managers must increase efficiency, partner with business to drive growth and value, and empower people to be risksensitive, productive, and informed when making decisions and taking action. SAP solutions for enterprise performance management (EPM) can help you achieve these objectives and quickly adapt to changing market conditions and regulations. Most finance executives think about EPM when they have a burning issue to address, such as accelerating the close-to-disclose process while ensuring compliance; eliminating stand-alone spreadsheets for planning, budgeting, and forecasting; or aligning resources and execution with strategic initiatives. But disparate tools from multiple vendors increase management costs, lead to fragmented solutions, and hard-wire process inefficiencies. Data silos limit visibility and control, and they increase costs as people waste time moving, reformatting, and verifying data. For real business benefits, deploy a unified, comprehensive EPM solution that integrates with existing transactional systems such as the SAP ERP application. Access centralized and trusted data from all applications, automate and streamline finance processes, and gain strategic insight via real-time reporting and analytics. The right solution enables scalability, availability, and a consistent user experience that boosts productivity. 2 / 14

3 With SAP solutions for EPM, you can deploy applications gradually in a modular fashion to address specific needs, such as replacing stand-alone spreadsheets for budgeting and planning and realize the benefits of a unified, comprehensive, and transformational EPM solution. SAP solutions for EPM target end-to-end performance management capabilities, from strategy management through planning and profitable execution to financial consolidation and disclosure management. At the same time, the solutions support processes that span domains, such as managing financial performance and accelerating the financial close-to-disclose process. These applications integrate enterprise data and processes to streamline and accelerate traditional finance processes. Because the user interfaces of the applications are harmonized, users benefit from a consistent experience that eases adoption, reduces learning curves, and boosts productivity. Continued on next page 3 / 14

4 You also gain strategic insight for calculated decision making including key risks to your strategic plans and performance targets. And combined with in-memory computing (through the SAP HANA platform) and mobile technologies, you can transform the way people work together for example, by equipping finance teams to more quickly analyze different scenarios and create forecasts with greater accuracy, or by giving business users and managers the insight they need and the ability to take action anytime, anywhere. SAP solutions for EPM include the following applications: SAP Strategy Management application Communicate objectives and initiatives, align business units, allocate resources to key priorities, monitor and report on progress, and proactively take action when issues arise SAP Business Planning and Consolidation application Leverage combined planning, budgeting, and forecasting functionality with management and legal consolidation to improve planning accuracy, quickly run different scenarios, shorten budget cycle time, close the books faster, and help ensure regulatory compliance SAP Profitability and Cost Management application Accurately measure product, customer, and channel profitability, and optimize to improve the bottom line Continued on next page 4 / 14

5 SAP solutions for EPM also include the following applications: SAP Financial Consolidation application Enable faster, more reliable consolidations, and move beyond mere reporting into analysis of the why and how of your finan - cial events SAP Intercompany application Enable business units to reconcile intercompany balances at the invoice and transactional level via the Web SAP Disclosure Management application Reduce the time, risk, and cost associated with the production and approval of both financial and nonfinancial regulatory statements, disclosures, corresponding extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) submissions, and other associated output formats 5 / 14

6 Performance management is not a one-time event; rather, it is an iterative, ongoing process initiated from the top down and supported from the bottom up. SAP solutions for EPM span the performance management lifecycle from strategizing and planning to analyzing and optimizing for better performance outcomes, and closing and disclosing to help ensure efficient, timely management and statutory reporting and compliance. SAP Strategy Management helps both line managers and corporate executives develop and execute strategic plans. By clearly linking strategic goals to initiatives, key performance indicators, and people, you can set clear priorities with accountability and risk awareness that all stakeholders can understand and act on with confidence. The software helps transform written plans into living documents so you can define, discuss, and update goals with employees. Rich contextual visualizations help drive greater adoption of key objectives across your organization. Plus, you can intelligently manage resources and exceptions to focus on initiatives that will have the most impact. Continued on next page 6 / 14

7 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation lets you streamline the bottom-up and top-down financial and operational planning processes using a single application. The application is available in a version for the SAP NetWeaver technology platform and can be powered by SAP HANA; there is also a version for the Microsoft platform. Familiar applications such as Microsoft Excel and a modern Web client serve as native interfaces to the software, so you can minimize training and foster adoption to improve budget cycle times and achieve better results. With innovative features such as business process flows, you can rest assured that processes such as annual budgeting or closing the books are carried out according to corporate guidelines. The goal of enterprise performance management is to improve the financial health of the organization on a continual basis. 7 / 14

8 SAP Profitability and Cost Management enables visibility into the drivers that impact your bottom line and helps you to identify profit-boosting opportunities. By linking operational activities and financial perspectives, you gain a deep understanding of the levers affecting organizational costs and profitability of any dimension of your business your customers, products, and channels both current and future. You can identify the causes of underperformance, test your assumptions, and take incisive action. You can also evaluate the cost of providing IT services to users within the enterprise. Modeling is rapid and model maintenance is minimal, giving a fast time to value and low total cost of operation. In addition to the inherent reporting and analysis functions within each EPM application, the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) suite natively integrates directly with the solutions for EPM for additional reporting, analysis and dashboard functionalities. SAP solutions for enterprise performance management are part of the analytics solutions from SAP that turn real-time insight into big-time results. 8 / 14

9 SAP solutions give you the functionality you need to produce financial statements for both internal and external stakeholders. For example, financial consolidation applications from SAP support automated consolidation processes that meet legal and reporting requirements, including those for GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The software also supports multiple currencies, currency translation adjustments, minority interest and equity calculations, and intercompany reconciliation. Automating processes and improving compliance with regulatory and financial standards including a full audit trail and the generation of publi cation-ready reports with SAP Disclosure Management not only help reduce external audit costs but also enable the books to be closed faster and streamline the last mile of finance. 9 / 14

10 Reach greater potential Reach greater potential Because SAP solutions for EPM equip you to work more effectively with the business to deliver growth and value, you re positioned to be a finance superstar. With SAP solutions for enterprise performance management, you can now address your most pressing finance issues incrementally deploying the applications one at a time and realize the benefits of having an integrated, comprehensive EPM solution. As you add and upgrade SAP software, you can rely on ongoing integration between applications that work together to deliver: Better performance Achieve operational and financial excellence by identifying and eliminating the sources of cost most crippling to your business and focusing on areas that maximize profitability Strategic alignment Synchronize goals with initiatives, priorities, resources, budgets, reports, risk management, and analysis processes to access the information you need to improve performance and close the gap between strategy and execution Improved visibility Help ensure that all stakeholders in your organization own, maintain, and share information in context and in real time so they can identify areas for improvement and evaluate strategic scenarios for maximum business impact Additional benefits include: Increased agility Improve business processes to speed performance management cycles and deliver trusted data to accelerate every stakeholder s ability to communicate, collaborate, and execute on a commonly understood plan of action, adjusting plans and execution as necessary Greater confidence Leverage a foundation of consistent and trusted EPM data for incisive decision making and for compliant regulatory, statutory, and management reporting. 10 / 14

11 Objectives Summary SAP solutions for enterprise performance management help you increase organizational alignment and agility, make better decisions that drive profitability, and deliver a faster, more reliable close-to-disclose process. Designed to be best in class for domains from planning through disclosure management, the solutions support processes that span domains, such as managing financial performance and accelerating the financial closeto-disclose process. Objectives Align enterprise strategy and day-to-day operations Quickly adjust plans and realign resources with changing market demands Understand which customers, products, and channels create value Close the books and prepare regulatory filings quickly and efficiently Accountability by linking goals, metrics, and progress on value-creating initiatives Accurate and agile planning, budgeting, and forecasting Improved profitability and costs across products, customers, and channels Fast, efficient, compliant financial close and consolidation process Execution of strategy with goals, metrics, and plans linked across the organization Greater profitability, visibility, and transparency with alignment of regulatory and management reporting Reduced time, risk, and cost of compliance, regulatory filings, and disclosures Learn more To find out more, visit 11 / 14 CMP2610 (13/07)

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